Construction regulations have evolved through a rigorous process guided by professional expertise. But safety and housing affordability shouldn’t be seen as competing goals.

AMBULANCES AND POLICE IN MY LIFE ALL AT ONCE. IT LOOKS LIKE 9/11. >> SHOCKED FROM WITNESSES FOR AFTER A BEACHSIDE BUILDING COLLAPSES IN SOUTH FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING. >> WITHOUT KNOWING THE HISTORY ...

Some Topeka building codes are old enough to drink. The building codes were adopted in 1997, and Topeka City Council on Tuesday night approved a new process of updating building codes. City council ...

Builders may have a little less trouble navigating local, and often outdated, building codes, thanks to two bills passed by the NH Senate on Thursday aimed at addressing those outdated overdue codes. ...

Somerset County Commissioners approved a plan to centralize and streamline building codes with commission aiming for more efficiency and consistency.

Stan Nishimura's job is to make sure California is up to code. As executive director of the Building Standards Commission, which coordinates codes adopted by various state agencies, he is at the ...

Marion City Council is considering adopting two pieces of legislation that would allow the city to enforce commercial building codes and create a commercial building codes department managed by a ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Paul Steinweg’s name. One year after the Summit Sustainable Building Code was implemented by Summit County and most towns, ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The building permit process has long been one of the most ...

Any building code could be summed up as “build it safe.” The remaining pages are the result of a committee-driven process to define the word “safe.” The first written building code is generally ...

Denise Grab is a manager and Jonny Kocher is an associate on RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings team. RMI is an independent nonprofit founded in 1982 that transforms global energy systems through ...